Waste Disposal: Prosecutions
Commons · Question 55532 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have been brought against waste operators in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire since July 2024; and how many resulted in custodial sentences.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 6 Jun 2025
The Environment Agency (EA) has brought prosecutions against six waste operators in Lancashire since July 2024. In one of these cases, illegal activity at a site in Fylde was part of the case. None of these prosecutions resulted in custodial sentences. Th...